From gg2g4ink Sent Sun, Dec 14th 1997, 16:29
From gg2g4ink Sent Sun, Dec 14th 1997, 16:29
The Year in Review (with profound apologies to Edward Gorey) A is for A-Musik and Asphodel's Illbient bunch and for Autechre toying with post-Industrial crunch B is for Blue Planet, Beatservice, Boymerang, Bisk for the mind-bending noise on the Beautyon disk C is for Conemelt and for their 24K and for Clear - still untouchable. you GO, Clair! Hooray! D is for Dot - Drexciya - Degiorgio - and D.I.A.L. for those Decay Product vibes that make minimalists smile E is for Elypsia - for Electrecords, too and for em:t and Empire and his DHR crew F is for Freeform, Ferox, and Fingerfood's "Broken Dream"s and for Fretless transmissions on those Holistic beams G is for Gerd; for GPR's return from god-knows-where for General Magic and Pita and their funky 'frigidair. H is for Peter Nice Trio's "Harp of Gold" and other Hospital claims for Horse Opera's "Blue Tea," hab, and Hardaway [James] I is for Irdial - still insane, still sublime and for Immerse, Daniel Ibbotson, and the reissued _Green Times_ J is for _Joint Ventures_, Jimpster, Jigen, and Jones and for Journeyman Frankland and his phat Ninja tones K is for Karaoke Kalk and Kreidler and Khan for KCL Project and for King Tubby - your legacy lives on L is for Neil Landstrumm and for Lustmord and the 'Beast for x@x, Lowground, Lucid Dream - what a letter! what a feast! M ... Major Force, Minion, Mego, and Anthony Manning - all great! Multiphonic Ensemble, Musik Aus Strom, and - hey Maurizio, where's "#8?!" N is for NINEBar and Colin Newman - well worth waiting nine years! and for Nurse With Wound + violin, which reduced me to tears O is for Ian O'Brien and for Oval's forthcoming _Dok_ (which i really shouldn't include but ... oh, what the hell!) P is for Pantunes Music, Pluto, Pro-Seed, Pacou, Plug Research, Pnu Riff, and Plaid LP number two Q is for Q-Moog, a new spin on Detrot okay, not much competition. um.... any '97 gear from Quoit? R is for Rastermusic - Chemitz's pride Req, Riou, Reflection, the great Ronnie & Clyde S is for Soup-Disk, Silk Saw, Sternklang, and Snooze Spring Heel Jack, Starfish Pool - and that Sam & Valley track with the "MOO!"s T is for Richard Thomas and TULPAS (my favorite '97 relic) for Teebrooke, To Rococo Rot, Tobin, Tetaz, and Trelik U ... drawing a blank here. didn't think that i would! Underdog? the new Unit Moebius? i haven't heard either ... but i'm sure they're both good. V is for Vogel's blinding _All Music Has Come To An End_ Vainqueur, Vibert, Vainio, Vapourspace, VV/M and their friends W is for Wabi Sabi and _Water Communication_ for Weedbeats and "Wrong" on the _Arctic Circles_ compilation X is for eXtreme and their _Untitled [TEN]_ from the past to the future, it all comes alive again Y is for Claude Young and for Yo La Tengo vs. Kevin S and Mike P. for Yellow Communications and the dashing Dimitri Z is for Zero Gravity - more Japanese gear - first-rate! and for "Zzzzzzzzzzz...." - where i'm headed now. see you in 1998! GuerillaG2-G4/ gg xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx